NIR 3000 Class Belfast - Dublin?

V_Moth

I was waiting at Malahide Station on Sunday morning when I noticed a NIR 3000 Class heading into Dublin. I thought all cross-border services were run by the Enterprise?

lord lucan

V_Moth wrote: »

I was waiting at Malahide Station on Sunday morning when I noticed a NIR 3000 Class heading into Dublin. I thought all cross-border services were run by the Enterprise?

Normally it's a 201 & De Dietrich set but occasionally due to a failure it may be a 3K set. It may also have been an extra service run due to the rugby on Saturday afternoon.

V_Moth

lord lucan wrote: »

Normally it's a 201 & De Dietrich set but occasionally due to a failure it may be a 3K set. It may also have been an extra service run due to the rugbyon Saturday afternoon.

Thanks. The rugby match does seem the most likely reason.

Losty Dublin

Good point except the rugby match was on Saturday, lads

Occassionally, security alerts or engineering work on the line across the border may close off the line, resulting in trapped Enterprise sets in Belfast. When this is the case, a 3000 set may be sent south in lieu if one is available.

lord lucan

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Good point except the rugby match was on Saturday, lads

It was a late afternoon game so many may have stayed the night resulting in bigger booked numbers for Sundays trains.:p

Losty Dublin

lord lucan wrote: »

It was a late afternoon game so many may have stayed the night resulting in bigger booked numbers for Sundays trains.:p

Except there wasn't any run on the Sunday